Parliament and Politics in the Age of Asquith and Lloyd George - The Diaries of Cecil Harmsworth MP, 1909-22 (Hardcover)

Cecil Bisshop Harmsworth, 1st Baron Harmsworth (1869-1948), was the younger brother of the press proprietors Lord Northcliffe and Lord Rothermere. Although he played a role in the early development of the Harmsworth journalistic empire, Cecil chose a political career. He served as Liberal MP for Droitwich from 1906 to 1910, and for Luton from 1911 to 1922. After holding a number of minor government positions under Asquith, Harmsworth became a member of Lloyd George's War Cabinet Secretariat in 1917, and from 1919 to 1922 served as Under-Secretary of State at the Foreign Office. Harmsworth's diary forms a highly readable record of the politics of the period, detailing late-night Commons sittings and the rough and tumble of the campaign trail, as well as giving skilful pen-portraits of the major figures of the day. Northcliffe complained that Harmsworth lacked the ambition to make it to the front rank of politics, but his diary is a fascinating source.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Camden Fifth Series
Release date:	June 2016
Editors:	Andrew Thorpe • Richard Toye
Dimensions:	223 x 145 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	367
ISBN-13:	978-1-107-16245-7
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > General Books > Humanities > History > British & Irish history > General Books > Humanities > History > World history > From 1900 > General Books > History > British & Irish history > General Books > History > World history > From 1900 > General Promotions
LSN:	1-107-16245-9
Barcode:	9781107162457

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